# N213TV: 1989 Bell 206L-3, registration cancelled 2018-04-24

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: April 24, 2018
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Bell 206L-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206l-3) (registry code 1182108)
- Engine: [Allison 250-C30 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c30-series) (registry code 03015)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H2SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H2SW), [TCDS E1GL](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E1GL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 51298
- Year built: 1989
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Turbo-shaft
- Airworthiness: Experimental, showing compliance
- Airworthiness date: October 29, 1996
- Certificate issued: November 29, 2011
- Last registry action: August 4, 2014
- Mode S code: A1C664
- Owner when cancelled: [Lin Television Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/LIN%20TELEVISION%20CORP)
- Location: [Providence, RI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/RI/Providence)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 41.8193° N, 71.4103° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 02903, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N213TV
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=213TV
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N213TV-2018-04-24

From the FAA registry file of November 4, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Bell 206L-3: https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206l-3.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN17FA355](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA355), Sep 16, 2017: Bell 206L 3 (N213TV), Ancho, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's distraction by a cell phone during a low-altitude flight, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20170916020829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170916020829A), Sep 16, 2017: Bell 206L-3 (N213TV), Ancho, NM, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On 9-16-2017 at 16:30 MST, a Bell 206-L3 helicopter, N213TV, registered to lin television corporation, while in cruise flight, was involved in a fatal…

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